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Oh so you cut your panel with sheet metal scissors? How long did that take? Also is the walbro pump myth true, that if you run your tank under 1/4 it will break or burn up?
Oh so you cut your panel with sheet metal scissors? How long did that take? Also is the walbro pump myth true, that if you run your tank under 1/4 it will break or burn up?
Yeah. And it didn't take long at all. Maybe 20 minutes. As for that "myth", I don't know if it's true, but the theory is that if you run your tank on or near "E" or full a good bit of the time, that it will make the pump work hard and ultimately prematurely burn up. I don't know whether or not it's true, but I don't plan on keeping my car long enough to find out. I have heard of 2 guys with LS1s who went through about 4 Walbros because they were running the tank near "E" all the time. To be honest, though, I don't really see a problem if you keep it off E for long amounts of time.
Yeah. And it didn't take long at all. Maybe 20 minutes. As for that "myth", I don't know if it's true, but the theory is that if you run your tank on or near "E" or full a good bit of the time, that it will make the pump work hard and ultimately prematurely burn up. I don't know whether or not it's true, but I don't plan on keeping my car long enough to find out. I have heard of 2 guys with LS1s who went through about 4 Walbros because they were running the tank near "E" all the time. To be honest, though, I don't really see a problem if you keep it off E for long amounts of time.
So when you said on or near "E" or FULL, you mean that it could burn out when the tank is full too? And it only took you 20 minutes to change your fuel pump through the trap door method? or do you mean it took you that long to cut the panel?
So when you said on or near "E" or FULL, you mean that it could burn out when the tank is full too? And it only took you 20 minutes to change your fuel pump through the trap door method? or do you mean it took you that long to cut the panel?
Yeah, but that's what I heard. I don't know if it's true or not, but it would seem to be more likely to go out if it were on E versus Full. It took about 20 minutes to cut the trap door with the snips and it took maybe an hour to about an hour 15 minutes total to get everything done. That includes cutting the trap door, cleaning and vacuuming off the area where the top comes off the gas tank, getting the stubborn a$$ fuel line connectors off (Hint: Use small zip ties to hold the clamps shut while you GENTLY tap the big black piece away from the connector. The black piece is the one that moves. DO NOT BREAK IT!) There are 2 of those. Then pulling the whole assembly out, disconnecting the fuel bucket, taking the bucket off, GENTLY prying the top off of said fuel bucket, replacing the pump, zip tying the bucket back together, making sure not to let them get in the way of the float which goes to the fuel level sender, reattaching the bucket to the assembly, hooking all lines up back where they went and plugging up the wiring harness, putting the clearish plastic flex tubing in place of the stock one between the pump and the fuel line (we also used the hose clamps included just for extra measure), putting the fuel assembly back in the tank, hooking the fuel lines and whatnot back up, then using the nuts to tighten everything down. (I think I just covered everything...)
Whewww, that seems like a lot of work. By cutting that big hole in the trunk of your car, won't that drop the value of the car? I'm not really looking to sell it, but just to uphold the value of it.
Whewww, that seems like a lot of work. By cutting that big hole in the trunk of your car, won't that drop the value of the car? I'm not really looking to sell it, but just to uphold the value of it.
I'd imagine it may. If you're worrying about that, then go for doing it the right way. If that seems like a lot of work already, you're gonna have fun doing it by dropping the rear end!
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